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Salad potatoes come in many shapes, sizes and colours. They're well worth growing, as they're such a versatile crop - delicious served hot with a knob of butter, or combined with any number of ingredients in a potato salad. All salad potatoes share

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This is my first year growing potatoes but last year my tomatoes suffered from blight so this informaton is useful i have just started with a veg garden, i have chosen potatoes as we can use them as a novice i need lots of help,which your site

Once your potato plants flower, is it better to dig all the first earlies up and store the potatos inside or can I leave the potatos and plants in the ground and dig them up as I need them? If I want the ground to grow something else in, is it OK

it harm the growing tubers? Thankyou. My potatoes did not do well this year, however I still have some in a big pot and they don't do well I will try again next year. I planted some of those small artichokes this spring; I now have 8foot tall plants

Hi everyone can anyone explain why my potatoe (stem/leaves )grow up to about 4feet tall i have tried putting the tubers in deep and i also earth up, i have to somehow put a tie round to stop them falling over, i have tried them in 2or 3 different

and grow. How close are your potatoes? There should be at least a yard empty all around the tree. Thanks for your reply there is just about a yard round base of tree, when potatoes are ready i will keep it clear.

them into the ground. Have potatoes chitting now, I was slightly worried as the shoots are dark, not the white ones that grow on potatoes in the cupboard. Feel happier now. I have put the potatoes in a green house frame roots up and frost protected

again? I'm not clear whether these were forgotten seed potatioes or ones you had harvested?  If the latter, they will probably grow but you will not get as much of a crop from them, and there is always the danger of blight - which new seed potatoes may

potatoes fresh from your own garden but this seems an expensive way of growing them... yes, expensive & when I tried this for xmas new pots it sadly failed...much better in the ground.. maybe between flowers etc as not essential to grow as a crop.. Hello